Box or carton.



G; C. PALMER.

BOX 0R CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1908.

Patented June 29; 1909.

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OOOIJEDGE C. PALMER, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO GLEGGE THOMAS,()F RROUK- LYN, NEW YOPtli.

BOX OR Specification of Letters Patent.

CARTON.

Patented June 29,1909.

Application filed September 28, 1908. Serial No. 465,034.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thaihL C OOLEDGE C. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing 'at Norfolk, in the countyof Norfolk, State of Virginia,

rovements in Boxes or artons, the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carriers, cartons, boxes, packages, etc, andmore particularly to such as are made of bendable material such aspasteboard, leather, etc.

Its object is to form from a single blank a device of the characterdescribed which can be readily formed up from the blank and securelycovered, the parts folding and interlocking in such manner that itcannot be readily opened without destroying the lock ing features of thebox.

n the drawing herewith accompanying and making part of this ap lication,Figure 1 is a plan view of the blan from which the box is to be formed,the dotted lines showin the lines on which the blank is to be fo ded,and Fig. 2 is a ers ective view of the box formed from the blan shown inFig. 1, the cover being shown open.

Same letters of reference refer to like parts.

In said drawing A shows the bottom of the box, B one side, 0 the otherside and D the part of the cover which serves for the top of the box.The ends are formed of similar parts so that a description of one endwill be equally applicable to the other end. The end is formed by flapsEE and N extending outwardly from the sides B and C and the bottom Arespectively, said flaps E E being rovided with V-shaped indents F, onesi e cut deeper than the other, forming interlocking shoulders C, andwith tonguereceivin openings L, and said flap N being provide withinterlocking tongues O and a tongue-receiving opening P. When the blankis open as shown in Fig. 1, said indents extend in the same direction.

The side B is provided with tongue-receiving openings and the cover D isprovided with a fla it extending out from the side thereof, am flaps Sextending out from the ends thereof, flaps S being provided withinterlocking tongues \V and flap R with one or more interlocking tonguesT. The dart shaped and the tongue-receiving openings are formed byremovin a rectangular part about equal to the thic ness of the materialof which the of which have invented new and useful Irnl blank is madeand then slitting the blank at one side of the opening short distancesbeyond the openings as seen at Q. The tapering character of the tonguespermits them to be thrust into said tongue-receiving O)61l ings, thesquare shoulders thereof locking them firmly therein so that to open thebox it will be necessary to break the tongues. if i desired the sidepart B and the flaps N may I be provided with flanges adapted to be Ifolded inward as shown in Fig. 2.

- The box is formed by bending the parts i on the dotted lines shown inFig. l in the following manner. The sides l3 and are bent on lines 11and I to a vertical position rcla- The flaps E-l are The llap N-is thenfolded on line i up against the end, the tongues O beingforced into thetongue-re ceiving openings L. The box is then closed by folding downcover I) on line rests upon the top of the box. The ilap R is thenfolded on line H down the opposite side of the box and the tongue ortongues T forced into the tongue-receiving opening or openings V. Theend flaps S are then folded on lines S down upon the ends and thetongues W forced into the tongue-receiving openings 1 thus securelylooking all parts of the box together making a very -lirm substantialbox.

The advantages of my improved box or carton are that it is formed of asingle blank without separate fastening devices. not be opened withoutbreaking the locking tongues. It is readily assembled from the blank andis practically non-refillable.

Having thus described my invention and its use I claim -1. A box or.carton formed of a single blank comprising a bottom, sides and top, thesides provided with flaps adapted to fold and interlock to form the endsof the box, the bottom provided with laps adapted to fold against saidends and the top provided with flaps adapted to fold down against saidends and a flap ada ited to fold down against the side, one side, t 1eflaps on the sides and the flaps on the bottom being provided with M.until it It can- F 2. A be); or carton formed of single blankcoinpi'isii'ig a bottom, sides and top, the sides provided with flapshaving indents and interlocking shoulders and adopted to fold andinterlock to form the ends 01" the box, the bottom provided with flapsadapted to fold against said ends and the top provided with flapsadapted to fold down against said ends and a flap adapted to fold downagainst the sides, one side, the flaps on the sides and the flaps on thebottom being provided with tongue-receiving openings, the flaps on thebottom being provided with looking tongues adapted to take into thetongue-receiving openings in the flops on the sides and the flaps on thecover being provided with locking tongues adapted to take into thetongee reeeiving openings in the flops on the bottom and with tonguesadapted to take into the tongue-receiving openings in the side.

i i l 3. A he); or eerton tornied oi a single hianl: comprising :1.hottoni, sides and ten, the sides provided with flaps adapted to foldand interlock to form the ends of the hex, the bottom provided withflaps adopted to fold against said ends and. the top provided with flopsadapted to fold down agsinstsaid ends and a flap adapted to fold downagainst theside. one side, the flops on the sides, and the t on thebottom being provided ee-receiving openings and slits extending out fromone side thereof, the flaps on the bottom being provided with lookingtongues adopted to ttlkQ into the tongue-receiving openings in the flaps011 the sides and the flaps on the cover being provided with lockingtongues adapted to take into the tongue-receiving openings in the flapson the bottom and with tongues adapted to take into the tongue-receivingopenings in the side.

in testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this speci'hestion inpresence of two subscribing witnesses this twenty second day 01'September, 1908.

COULEDGE G; inhl'iiilii.

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